Full-Time Youth Care Practitioner – Healing Homes

Application deadline: 22-10-2019

SUMMARY: Macdonald Youth Services requires an experienced Youth Care Practitioner (YCP) within the Healing Homes service area. YCPs are responsible for providing care and specialized treatment for the youth in the Healing Homes program. YCPs ensure that programming is provided for the youth within the policies and treatment philosophy of MYS.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES: of the YCP include, but are not limited to:
• Provides 24-hour supervision of clients
• Acts as a healthy role model and ensures that the needs of the youth are the primary focus in the treatment process
• Maintains an awareness of the needs of the youth and structures a therapeutic living unit that attends to the physical and emotional needs of the youth
• Provides the opportunity for the youth to observe and participate in a variety of community activities, with the YCP engaged in the activity as well
• Performs house maintenance duties including but not limited to washing floors, cleaning bathrooms, kitchen, shoveling snow, mowing the lawn, pulling of weeds etc.
• Assists the Clinician/Therapist in identifying treatment needs of youth
• Assists the treatment team in formulating and evaluating treatment objectives involving family members and significant others whenever possible
• Participates in the development of Treatment Plan Objectives and identifies opportunities for treatment objectives to be achieved within the community school and family
• Transports youth when necessary whether that is in an agency vehicle or transit
• Completes incident reporting as outlined by Licensing Standards
• Reports inappropriate behaviors to the Program Manager and / or Coordinator
• Ensures a holistic approach is consistently applied regarding the youth’s needs
• Distributes medications as outlined by Licensing Standards
• Compiles all documentation of youth’s activities, doctor, dentist, therapy as required
• Prepares reports as required and / or assigned
• Provides feedback to the Program Manager regarding youth’s progress
• Actively pursues the educational requirements for YCPs, as directed by MYS policy

MYS is an equal opportunity employer, Indigenous people, women, visible minorities and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. MYS is committed to developing and retaining a diverse workforce. We thank all applicants for their interest, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted. For further information about our other employment and volunteer opportunities please visit our website www.mys.ca.